dorkwad
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| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat mac48025,When I talked at length with Tim, he said I'd get great results if I put an E card and stuck it with magic mounts to the back of the magnet on the top woofer and another on the bottom woofer of my VMPS RM 40s. It would then affect the so... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat Man, you all should try the Schroeder Method (from Doug Schroeder--reviewer for Dagogo) of double ICs to each component vs. buying a doubly expensive IC from the same manufacturer. Of course you need 4 sets of Audioquest splitters to do this. Th... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? I will say, the Trans-Fi Terminator arm is VERY reliable and does not have concerns regarding the air supply. I have one and never had any issues because of the type of pump used. It does sound extraordinarily good for the money and stays the wa... | |
| Power conditioner and high end power cord I would imagine it depends on the incoming power in your area and the power supplies of your equipment. The power supply in my TRL DUDE is about as heavy duty as any amp, yet the sound improved very noticeably when I added a Core Power Tech Equi=... | |
| Power conditioner and high end power cord gb,The amps plugging into the 1800 may lessen some of the dynamics from the sound. If this happens, try plugging those into an outlet rather than the 1800. I've never liked the amp sound with a power conditioner because of that. I do have 2 Cor... | |
| Speaker Cable Advice Look at Acoustic BBQ duelund cables made by Bill Dion--grannyring on Audiogon. He has ads on Agon continuously and is a serious DIY guy with credentials. He's taken many excellent speakers and modded them to be like 25-50% better sounding. He's... | |
| Budget hi-fi and vintage audio gear Go on VMPS speakers--Audio Circle. Look at the latest few pages of speakers. If you can find a pair of VMPS 626R monitors, they are the first excellent speaker I heard when I got back into the buying scene. also the VMPS RM-2 has great sound. ... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? I will chime in with the problem with straight line tracking air bearing arms is definitely the pump and all parts of the air supply leading to the TT. I had a Maplenoll Ariadne air bearing TT/arm combo for 12 years that was absolutely the best s... | |
| Speaker suggestions Hey Sophie 999,I have heard 3 different versions of the Tekton Double Impacts--standard, SE, and the Bill Dion (grannyring) drivers, crossovers, and wire upgraded standard DI's. The SE's are pretty nice but cost $6000. The standard DI's are not ... | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? I'd have to say War. Greatest funk band ever and their recordings are pretty darn good. | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? Staring after my college days--those speakers then were not at all high end. Couldn’t afford much.Allison Ones 1976-1988Paradigm 7 1988-1990Vortex Screens 1991-2007 Von Schweikert’s early effort. Heard about Audiogon and other sites to buy used.Em... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? I'd have to say the Nuforce or Nuprime class D amps are definitely amongst the finest. The ones Bob Smith at TDSS upgrades are THE finest and up there with the best sounding amps made. I've tried my Nuforce Ref 9 V3 SE mono amps in at least 5 di... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns Best bang for your buck is to paste all your connections with Perfect Path Total Contact enhancer ($299) or much less if you go in with a few buddies. Then get a Perfect Path Omega E-mat ($599) and put it in your circuit breaker box. Get 5 or 10 E... | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? I have a pair of VMPS RM40 ribbons speakers that have 40" of ribbons drivers per speaker. They are very detailed, transparent, and dynamic with good bass. They have a tendency to get a little thin and maybe hot sounding with some recordings. After... | |
| Has anyone added a small subwoofer to 2 channel and been thrilled with the result? With little space and you want very good performance, look at the James subs. |